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Fauna flebotomínica (Diptera: Psychodidae) em aldeias indígenas do Estado de Mato Grosso Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in indigenous villages in the State of Mato Grosso

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2009
O estudo foi realizado em 25 aldeias indígenas pertencentes a 13 municípios do Estado de Mato Grosso. Foram identificados 4.424 exemplares de 37 espécies do gênero Lutzomyia e uma espécie do gênero Brumptomyia.
Giovana Belem Moreira Lima Maciel, Nanci Akemi Missawa   +1 more
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Leishmaniose visceral no Rio de Janeiro: 1 - Flebotomíneos da área de procedência de caso humano autóctone Visceral leishmaniasis in Rio de Janeiro: 1-Phlebotomines from the area of origin of an autochthonous human case

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1981
Foi realizado um inquérito entomológico no período de agosto a dezembor de 1977 na área de procedência de caso autóctone de leishmaniose visceral, encosta do Rio da Prata, bairro de Bangu, Rio de Janeiro.
Miguel Alves de Souza, Paulo Chagastelles Sabroza, Mauro Célio de Almeida Marzochi, Sérgio Gomes Coutinho, Wilson Jacinto Silva de Souza   +4 more
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Development of Lutzomyia intermedia and Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) larvae in different diets [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2001
The objective of this research was to evaluate, in laboratory, the development of Lutzomyia intermedia and Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) larvae, vectors of leishmaniasis in Brazil, in the following diets: industrialized food for rabbits, dogs, hamsters and aquarium fishes, besides liver powder, cooked lettuce, wheat germ ...
WERMELINGER, E. D., ZANUNCIO, J. C.
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Isozymic and metric variation in the Lutzomyia longipalpis complex

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 1997
Abstract Male Lutzomyia longipalpis of two types from Bolivia were compared using isozyme electrophoresis and wing morphometry. One sample ( ex Chiflonkaka Cave, alt. 2800 m at Toro Toro, Charcas Province, Potosi Department) was ‘two‐
/Dujardin, Jean-Pierre, Torrez, E.M., /Le Pont, François, Hervas, D., Sossa, D.   +4 more
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Prostaglandin E2/Leukotriene B4 balance induced by Lutzomyia longipalpis saliva favors Leishmania infantum infection

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Eicosanoids and sand fly saliva have a critical role in the Leishmania infection. Here, we evaluated the effect of Lutzomyia longipalpis salivary gland sonicate (SGS) on neutrophil and monocyte recruitment and activation of eicosanoid ...
Théo Araújo-Santos, Deboraci Brito Prates, Jaqueline França-Costa, Nívea F Luz, Bruno B Andrade, José Carlos Miranda, Claudia I Brodskyn, Aldina Barral, Patrícia T Bozza, Valéria Matos Borges   +9 more
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Characterisation of Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate Synthase from the Sandfly Lutzomyia Longipalpis

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2023
Leishmaniasis is a debilitating and often fatal neglected tropical disease. Males from sub-populations of the Leishmania-harbouring sandfly, Lutzomyia longipalpis, produce the diterpene sex and aggregation pheromone, sobralene, for which geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP) is the likely isoprenoid precursor.
Charles Ducker, Stanley French, Monika Pathak, Harry Taylor, Adam Sainter, William Askem, Ingrid Dreveny, Antônio Euzébio Goulart Santana, John A. Pickett, Neil J. Oldham   +9 more
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Studies on Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Campus FIOCRUZ Mata Atlântica, Jacarepaguá, in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2015
INTRODUCTION: The presence of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in the communities of the Campus FIOCRUZ Mata Atlântica (CFMA) in the City of Rio de Janeiro initiated the investigation of the Phlebotominae fauna in the Atlantic Forest to determine ...
Nataly Araujo de Souza, Juliana Bastos da Silva, Rodrigo Espíndola Godoy, Filipe Jonas Mattos de Souza, Cláudia Alves de Andrade-Coelho, Vanderlei Campos da Silva, Alfredo Carlos Rodrigues de Azevedo, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel   +7 more
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Experimental infection of Lutzomyia longipalpis fed on a patient with cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania mexicana amazonensis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1986
The authors were able to infect phlebotomine sandflies on a human case of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by feeding females of Lutzomyia longipalpis on a patient with a lesion due to Leishmania mexicana amazonensis.Os autores lograram infectar ...
Leonidas M. Deane, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel, Manoel Paes-Oliveira, Gabriel Grimaldi Junior, Hooman Momen, Nataly de Souza, Eduardo D. Wermelinger, André F. Barbosa   +7 more
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Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis Lutz and Neiva 1912

, 2011
Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis (Lutz and Neiva 1912) (Idem sensu Galati 2003 and Young and Duncan 1994) Phlebotomus longipalpis Lutz and Neiva 1912, 89 (male, female). Type-locality: Brazil, Peryassú. Phlebotomus otamae Núñez-Tovar 1924, 44 (male). Type-locality: Venezuela, Carabobo, Otama island.
Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, Suárez-Landa, Teresa, Mendoza, Fredy   +2 more
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Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis Lutz & Neiva 1912

, 2015
Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) Phlebotomus longipalpis Lutz & Neiva, 1912: 89 (♂, ♀). Type locality: Brazil, locality not specified. Phlebotomus otamae Nuñez-Tovar, 1924: 44 (♂). Type locality: Venezuela, Carabobo, Isla de Otama. Phlebotomus almazani Galliard, 1934b: 193 (♀).
Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, Muñoz, José, Rebollar-Téllez, Eduardo A., Pech-May, Agelica, Marina, Carlos F.   +4 more
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